Who said rookie general manager John Lynch is a novice? He certainly didn't act like one Thursday. Lynch and the 49ers traded down a spot with the Bears and still ended up with Thomas, who would have made perfect sense for them at No. 2. Then they traded up to get Foster, a top-10 talent who dropped because of a few issues: an incident with a hospital worker at the NFL scouting...

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It was a wild first round of the NFL draft Thursday night.
There were plenty of unexpected moves. There is much to evaluate.
Here are some early thoughts on winners and losers:
San Francisco 49ers: A
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...

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The franchise invested the eighth pick in the 2012 NFL draft on the inexperienced Texas A&M starter.
The...

The Bears are nearly six weeks removed from hiring coach Matt Nagy and the calendar is moving quickly for them to put into place plans for the rebuild of the rebuild.
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The...

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Every team finds reasons for optimism throughout the offseason and the Bears were no different last spring.
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A young general manager hired a former Andy Reid offensive assistant away from the Chiefs and paired him with an established...

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To be fair, Alshon Jeffery never specified which team would make his prediction on the first day of 2017 come true.
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“I guarantee you we will win the Super Bowl next year,’’ Jeffery declared Jan. 1, 2017.
The wide receiver...

The Bears’ signing of quarterback Mike Glennon last March will go down as a massive miscalculation by the organization.
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